with Dr. James R. Fienup, the Robert E. Hopkins Professor of Optics at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics

Primary current areas of interest include:
Wavefront sensing for adaptive optics by phase retrieval / phase diversity:
Phasing the segmented primary mirror for the James Webb Space Telescope
Optical metrology using phase retrieval
Large space telescopes using sparse apertures or segmented optics
Understanding image quality, effect of aberrations
Image restoration/reconstruction algorithms
Fourier transform imaging spectrometry
Unconventional imaging systems, for example: laser illumination with no image-formation optics, imaging through atmospheric turbulence, super-resolution by structured illumination
Phase retrieval algorithms for image reconstruction (e.g., from X-ray diffraction data)

Also interested in:
Image reconstruction for medical imaging modalities (e.g., microscopy, ultrasound, MRI), Synthetic-Aperture Radar

Research involves theoretical analysis, computer simulation, algorithm development, optical laboratory experiments.

You will enjoy this research group if you like mathematics and signal processing, image reconstruction algorithms, laboratory proof-of-principle experiments, and solving difficult, important problems. There is a great job market for researchers with expertise in imaging science.


Email your resume to fienup@optics.rochester.edu

Jim Fienup received his Ph.D. at Stanford University where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. At Veridian Systems (formerly ERIM) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he led over 40 research projects, obtaining funding from several government agencies and industry. He has published over 140 papers, which have received over 2,000 citations (Science Citation Index). He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Associate Editor of Optics Letters, and Editor of Applied Optics - Information Processing and is currently the Chair of the Publications Council of the OSA. He has won the International Prize in Optics, the Rudolph Kingslake Medal and Prize, and is a Fellow of the OSA and of the SPIE. He has secondary appointments in the Center for Visual Science, the Depertment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.